Feeder

Feeder are a great rock band. I first became aware of them when they I saw them supporting Stereophonics back in 2001 (one of my Top 10 gigs).

They've been around for a while but continue to have a good fan base of which I'm one. Some of their songs are the get up and jump around songs (or go to the mosh pit if you dare), like Buck Rogers, whilst others are melodic and a bit calmer like Pushing the Senses which was also used in a car ad on TV.

I have seen them at various venues over the years, some small like Proud Gallery, London and some larger like supporting REM at Hyde Park in 2005. They also had a sort of side project (a bit more loud and raucous in my opinion) under the name of Renegades.

Grant Nicholas, their lead singer, has recently been working on a solo album which I think will be very different from Feeder but that doesn't mean that the band are going their separate ways.

If you want to see a good rock guitar band, then I would recommend Feeder.

Wherever The Futureheads go, and whatever they do next I’m afraid to say they’ll be followed by plenty of “oh-ohoh-oh-ohohs”. Thanks to their superb cover of Kate Bush’s ‘Hounds of Love’, they’ll always be remembered for THAT SONG. The Sunderland four-piece shot to critical acclaim in 2004 thanks to their self-titled debut album, winning plenty of awards along the way for their mix of post-punk and three/four part harmonies. There can be no doubt the band know their way around a great pop song, following that record up with two more consistent albums in the form of News and Tributes and This Is Not The World. The band has been a lot quieter of late when it comes to playing live, perhaps seeking to distance themselves from certain songs, but it’d be a sad day if a show by The Futureheads didn’t contain the stop-start dynamics of ‘Decent Days and Nights’, the aggressive ‘The Beginning of the Twist’ and of course the standard set-closer of ‘Hounds of Love’. Barry Hyde and co might also treat you to some acapella or acoustic versions of some of their tracks, just showing off some excellent voices in the process. They may not escape that song, but really why should they want to when crowds continue to have a great time listening?